CVE-2007-1592 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Linux kernel versions 2.6.x up to 2.6.21-rc3, specifically affecting the net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c component. A flaw in how ipv6_fl_socklist is copied from listening TCP sockets to child sockets allows a local attacker to trigger a kernel OOPS or double free. With a CVSS score of 4.9 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C), this vulnerability requires local access and low attack complexity to achieve a complete denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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